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FinTech News

Embedded Earned Wage Access Platform Reset Raises $6 Million

by Kyle Burbank
A FinTech that allows credit unions and smaller banks to offer earned wage access to customers has raised a new investment round. About Reset and Its Latest Round: This week, Reset revealed that it had raised $6 million in funding. The seed round included participation from Georgia's Own Credit Union, InTouch Credit Union, Chartway Credit Union, VyStar Credit Union, and One Washington Financial as well as Curql, Navari, and the...
Symphony Earn Points For Saving Not Spending
FinTech News

Symphony Launches "Savings" App Earning Points and Miles

by Kyle Burbank
A FinTech company has debuted a new account that earns cash interest as well as transferable points and miles. About Symphony: This week, Symphony officially announced its launch. The selling point of this new platform is that it allows customers to earn points for saving instead of spending. According to Symphony, accountholders can earn a fixed 5% APY and earn rewards on every dollar they save. However, these aren't regular...
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FinTech News

SoFi Debuts AI-Powered Financial Chatbot: SoFi Coach

by Kyle Burbank
SoFi is delivering a new tool to members: an AI-powered chatbot called SoFi Coach. About SoFi Coach: This week, the FinTech-turned-national bank SoFi revealed its latest feature. SoFi Coach is a new chat tool that offers personalized money insights for members. According to the company, the Coach was built with the help of SoFi's financial planning team and, in early testing, nearly 70% of those who engaged with the tool...
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FinTech News

AI-Powered Rewards Platform CasaPerks Raises $15.8 Million

by Kyle Burbank
A platform that allows consumers to earn rewards on rent and more has raised a new round of funding. About CasaPerks and the Seed Round: Today, CasaPerks revealed that it had raised $15.8 million. The seed round was led by Longevity Equity and included participation from "top real estate operators" among others. With the funds, CasaPerks plans to continue its expansion. Additionally, the company intends to scale its workplace recognition...
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FinTech News

Apex Partnering with Plaid for Easier Brokerage Transfers

by Kyle Burbank
Two well-known FinTechs are teaming up to deliver a better brokerage transfer experience. About the Apex-Plaid Partnership: This week, Apex FinTech Solutions and Plaid announced a new parnership that will see Apex integrating Plaid products into its offerings. As a result, Apex's brokerage firm clients will have new capabilities, which will also benefit end-users. As Apex and Plaid note, by partnering together, they'll be able to deliver an investment move...
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FinTech News

Barclays Officially Completes Best Egg Acquisition

by Kyle Burbank
Six months after announcing plans to acquire FinTech loan originator Best Egg, Barclays has now closed the transaction. About Barclays' Acquisition of Best Egg: The deal is done. Recently, Barclays US Consumer Bank announced that it has completed its purchase of Best Egg. This acquisition was first announced in October of last year. At the time, the bank disclosed that it was paying $800 million for the digital lender. Best...
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FinTech News

Aven Introduces Bitcoin-Backed Rewards Credit Card

by Kyle Burbank
A company known for its asset-backed credit cards is introducing a new product — one backed by Bitcoin. About the Aven Bitcoin Visa Card: This week, Aven announced the launch of its Bitcoin Visa Card. Rather than earning Bitcoin, however, this unique card is backed by customers' Bitcoin holdings. The reveal was made during the 2026 Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas. With this new card, customers can pledge their Bitcoin to Aven and...
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FinTech News

Zelle Pilots Potential Bill Pay Feature with Truist Bank

by Kyle Burbank
The popular bank-backed peer-to-peer payment platform Zelle is now set to explore other payment options. About the Zelle-Truist Bill Pay Pilot: Today, Zelle announced a new pilot program in partnership with Truist Financial Corp. Specifically, this pilot will evaluate the usefulness of Zelle for paying bills, such as recurring credit card payments. As Zelle notes, more than $1.2 trillion was sent using the platform last year. In turn, last month,...
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2025 SoFi Checking and Savings Review

by Kyle Burbank
 Ever since I started taking an interest in the FinTech sector, one company whose name I’ve seen pop up over and over again is SoFi. That was later sent into overdrive as the company has not only become a household name thanks to its stadium naming rights deal but also because of the company’s continued product expansions. The most interesting development in my mind is SoFi’s acquisition of Golden Pacific...
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Credit Card News

Best Western Debuts Two New Rewards Credit Cards

by Kyle Burbank
After pausing applications for their previous rewards card, the hotel chain Best Western has unveiled a new pair of rewards credit cards with a new issuer. About the Best Western cards: Best Western is partnering with First Bank & Trust and Mercury Financial to introduce two new co-branded credit cards. First up is the no-annual-fee Best Western Rewards Visa Signature Card. With this card, customers can 4x points on Best...
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Credit Card News

Marriott Bonvoy Bold Card Launches Travel Contest

by Kyle Burbank
Chase and Marriott Bonoy have unveiled a special contest while continuing to offer its best-ever welcome bonus. About the welcome bonus and Bold Chat Court Contest: Marriott Bonvoy and Chase have launched a special opportunity called the Bold Chat Court contest. As part of this contest, 10 lucky travelers will be awarded 500,000 Marriott Bonvoy points (for a total of 5 million) as well as $5,000. For this contest, the...
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Credit Card News

Bilt Adds 2 New Transfer Partners Including First 3:2 Transfer Rate

by Kyle Burbank
Bilt is once again expanding its travel transfer rewards program — and is even breaking the mold with one new partner. About the new additions to Bilt: This week, Bilt launched partnerships with two more travel brands: TAP Air Portugal and Accor. As a result, Bilt members will now be able to transfer their points to Miles&Go and ALL Reward, respectively. In total, Bilt now has 18 transfer partners including 13...
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Checking Account Review

PayPal Debit Card Review: Earn Stackable 5% Cash Back

by Kyle Burbank
In recent weeks, PayPal debuted an updated debit card product (perhaps you've seen the incessant Will Ferrell commercials for it during football games?). With the launch of this card, the company known for online payments is encouraging customers to pay with them anywhere. To encourage such behavior, the debit card allows cardholders to earn 5% cashback — although, as you can imagine, there are some important restrictions on that. So,...